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Florida Fruit and Vegetable Festivals in 2019: Where, When and More to Find a Florida Fruit and Vegetable Festival Near You!

Looking for a Florida Fruit and Vegetable festival in January 2019? There is no other listing as
complete and current as this list, just updated! Florida Fruit and Vegetable festivals are held through the United States,
Canada, Britain, and
Australia and much of the world. All the Florida Fruit and Vegetable
festivals we can find are listed on this page!
If you love Blueberries, look for a festival near you below! And I'm
looking for more Florida Fruit and Vegetable festivals! Please write me, if
you know of any to add! I update the dates as soon as the festivals
publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually
the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's
own website.

Always click on the
links (the blue, underlined name of the each festival) to confirm this
year's dates on the website for each festival. If they don't have a
website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S
DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.

Florida Key Lime Pie Festival
- January every year , from 10 am to 6 pm (Saturday, January 19, 2019)Veterans
Memorial Park, 400 Sykes Creek Parkway, Merritt Island, Florida 32952. Phone
(321) 385-9600. Email:
[email protected]. Prices: 2019 Admission $10 Adults $5 Children 12 &
under Children under 4 FREE Current and Retired Military FREE.
Click here for
their Facebook page. The Festival will be held at the new Veterans
Memorial Park in Merritt Island, which is centrally located along Florida's
Space Coast. There will be food trucks and restaurants, and the Florida Key
Lime Pie Company will be featuring their Key Lime Pie in a Coconut, Key Lime
Pie in a Cup, Key Lime Pie by the Slice and Whole Key Lime Pies, along with
other Key Lime products. There will be ongoing live music, street performers
and local Florida vendors throughout the festival. Of course, there will be
a Florida Key Lime Pie Eating Contest, a Key Lime Pie Toss Competition and
Key Lime Pie Hula Hoop Challenge. Tickets will be sold at the gate and at
our retail store located at 102 Dixie Lane, Cocoa Beach, FL starting in
December. The Florida Key Lime Pie Company will be offering
their World-Famous Key Lime Pie as “Key Lime Pie in a Cup”, “Key Lime Pie by
the Slice” and Whole Key Lime Pies.Kumquat Festival
- Mid to late January Dade City, FL. (Central Florida). Phone: (352) 567-3769. Florida's furry
citrus have their own festival with a cook-off, antique car rally and
farmers market. The Kumquat Festival is a day of outdoor community fun with
live music, food booths, shopping and plenty to keep the whole family busy.
The festival unfolds in the heart of historic Dade City and each year it
gets bigger and better! Some festivities include a farmer's market, wagon
rides, antique cars and tractors, tasty kumquat dishes and craft shows. As
many as 40,000 people attend our event every year, with over 350 vendors
participating, filling our historic Downtown core. Here, visitors can enjoy
all kinds of tasty kumquat treats, from kumquat pie to kumquat cookies,
smoothies, ice cream, marmalade, and even kumquat salsa. Come and enjoy the
unique, quaint and family fun of "old Florida" during our Annual Kumquat
FestivalⓇ in historic downtown Dade City - it's one of a kind!!!

Florida Citrus Festival
- DISCONTINUEDWinter Haven, FL (Central Florida). This
long time festival was started back in 1924, but permanently ceased in 2008.

February

Delray Beach Garlic Festival
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in February every year
Admission Fee (in 2007): $8 ($1 of every ticket purchased goes to Project
Thanksgiving)The Delray Beach Garlic Fest continues to offer Florida
garlic fans the opportunity to celebrate the most widely used and loved food
in the world ...GARLIC. This year the Delray Beach Garlic Fest continues
its' tradition of bringing some of the greatest national act entertainment
to downtown Delray Beach. Note: the 2007 Delray Beach Garlic Fest is
typically held in mid-February.

Plant City Florida Strawberry Festival - Late February through
early March every year 2202 W. Reynolds Street, Plant City, FL
33564. Phone: 813-752-9194. The Florida Strawberry Festival is an 11-day
community event celebrating the strawberry harvest of Eastern
Hillsborough County. Each year, over 500,000 visitors enjoy the
festival's headline entertainment, youth livestock shows, rides,
exhibits of commerce and, of course, its strawberry shortcake.Considered one of the top festivals in the
country, the Florida Strawberry Festival is ranked one of the best by
the International Association of Fairs and Expositions. Over 62 years
old, the Festival was established to celebrate the harvest of the
strawberry that has made Florida the Winter Strawberry Capital of the
World. Today, the strawberries share the spotlight with the finest
country music entertainers in the business. There's all that famous fair
food to tempt your tastebuds, but save room for dessert at one of our
many strawberry shortcake booths! Exhibits of agriculture, commerce,
education, industry, livestock, fine arts, horticulture, crafts and
more. Festival Dates.
Click here for a link to our Facebook page.

Northeast Florida Veg Fest
- Saturday in early MarchRiverside Park, Jacksonville, FL, Florida will
welcome the Annual Northeast Florida Veg Fest at the beautiful Riverside
Park located next to Historic Five Points. Join us for an amazing day
celebrating all the wonderful things this world, better yet, our community
has to offer! The best of the best local, sustainable, eco-friendly,
compassionate, organic, healthy and humane organizations and businesses will
come together to elevate the consciousness in Jacksonville. The day-long
event will feature live music, dynamic speakers, cooking demonstrations,
beer garden, kids' zone, pie-eating contest, exceptional freebies, raffles,
scavenger hunt and much more! We invite everyone interested in becoming
leaner, greener, or cleaner to join us for a day of family fun and positive
action. This year's event will be packed with many new elements and
surprises including an expanded beer garden allowing you to roam freely
while sipping on local libations. Also, in 2018, NEW HOURS: 11AM to 6PM.
Click here for a link to our Facebook page.

April

Bostwick Blueberry Festival
- April 28, 2018; from 8 am to 3 pm; for other years see their website for most current dates; Saturday,
in late April or early May Bostwick Community Center
Bostwick Public Library 125 Tillman Street, Bostwick, FL 32007. Phone:
904-268-3346. Directions: Off US Highway 17, 7 miles north of Palatka. It is
held at the
Bostwick Community Center in Bostwick, Florida, 125 Tillman Street. And
for a map to our farm,
click here. Crops are usually available in May. Payment: Blueberry pancake breakfast served from 8 am
to noon (5.00), arts and crafts, country store, fresh blueberries, homemade
blueberry pies and other blueberry baked goods for sale, plants for sale,
library book fair, continuous entertainment, refreshments and snacks.
Click here for our Facebook page. Blueberry
Festival Activities include Delicious Blueberry Pancake Breakfast served
with country sausage, homemade blueberry syrup, coffee, milk, or juice -
Saturday, 8 am to noon; ALL DAY: Blueberry Ice Cream, Homemade Blueberry
Pies (get there real early), Vendors selling Food, Arts, and Crafts,
Blueberry and Tropical Plants, Local Cook Books, Bostwick Library Used-Book
Sale, Humane Society Pet Adoptions, Official Blueberry Festival T-shirts,
totes, Free Live Entertainment all day, Free Parking and Free Shuttle
Service, and of course - fresh-picked Miller Blueberries by the pound!

Brooksville Blueberry Festival - April 28, 2018 from 11am to 9 pm and April
29, 2018 from 12 pm to 6 pmHernando Park, Brooksville, FL. Phone:
(727) 410-0072. This year our Kid Zone will be designed to keep the Kids
Busy and send them home wore out. Whether it's the Live Ponies, Climbing
Wall, Gator Slide or one of the many other activities, the Kids will be Glad
they came. Face painter on site both days. . Plus on April 28th 10 a.m. the
Miss and Mr. Brooksville Blueberry Pageant for Agess 0-21. And LIVE MUSIC-
SHOPPING-KIDS ZONE-GREAT FOOD AND DRINK .

Mount Dora Blueberry Festival - in 2018, Saturday
April 28th and 29th, 2018 from
9am to 5pmElizabeth Evans Park, 100 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora, FL.
Phone: 407-913-4140 . FREE
ADMISSION. 2018 is their 4th year Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
The Annual festival returns to the shores Lake Dora at Elizabeth Evans Park
with over 100 vendors on hand, live entertainment, kids activities and much
more! Sponsored by the Festivals of Florida, Inc. For more information, call
or see our website.
(ADDED: May 234 2015, JBS)

Sweet Corn
Fiesta West Palm Beach - Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm, ate
April (in 2017, it's on April 30th)Yesteryear Village at
the South Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Boulevard, West
Palm Beach, FL 33411. Phone: (561) 996-0343. There will be lots
of the world's best sweet corn, live music, kids games and
rides, lots of other yummy food and beverages. A great value for
a day of family friendly entertainment. No outside food and
beverages allowed. Ample, free parking. Kids ride all day with
wristbandKids,and adults corn shucking competitions.
Professional competitive corn eating competition. Live music by
Krystal River Band. Free parkingDirections: From I-95 South:
Exit at Southern Boulevard. Exit #68. Go west approximately 7
miles. Turn right on Fairgrounds Rd. Enter Gate 12 to main Expo
entrance.From I-95 North:Exit at Belvedere Rd. Exit #69.
Go west approximately 7 miles to Sansbury's Way. Turn left on
Sansbury's Way. Go south for about 1/3 mile. Enter Gate 3 on
Sansbury's Way to main Expo entrance.From Turnpike South:
Exit #97, Southern Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Go west 1.5 miles.
Turn right on Fairgrounds Rd. Enter Gate 12 to main Expo
entrance.From Turnpike North:Exit #99, Okeechobee Blvd.
in West Palm Beach. Go west 1.5 miles. Turn left on Sansbury's
Way and go south approximately 1 mile. Enter Gate 3 on
Sansbury's Way to main Expo entrance.

Keel & Curley Winery Annual Blueberry Festival - May
5210 W. Thonotosassa Road, Plant City, FL 33565. Phone:
813-752-9100. Fax: 813-752-9199. Email:
[email protected]. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. Note: this is a business-operated
festival, not a community/volunteer run festival. They are charging $5 for
parking this year (2011). Comments from a visitor on May 03, 2010: "The
winery has a blueberry festival this weekend. They have u-pick blueberries
and blueberry wine among other wines. Place for the kids and craft stuff."

Newberry
Watermelon Festival - May; May 21, 2016 from 9:00AM - 4:30PM.
Destiny Community Church, SW 202nd Street, Newberry, Florida 32669. Email:
[email protected]. The 71st Newberry Watermelon
Festival will be held at Destiny Community Church's future location. Each
year the Newberry Watermelon Festival committee works hard to improve the
festival and its activities. The watermelons are always provided from a
local grower and given to the festival goers for FREE. We have beauty
pageants for ages 0-22 years. Our pageants are held at the Newberry Oak View
Middle School Auditorium starting on Friday for girls ages 5-16 years old
and on Saturday for the boys and girls ages 0-4 years old. Our Queen's
pageant for young ladies ages 17-22 years old are held on Friday with the
Queen being crowned on Saturday. Our 2008 Master of Ceremonies for the
pageants was 93.7FM K-Country's very own Midday DJ, Mr. Lewis Stokes. Lewis
has graciously volunteered his time and talents to our festival pageants for
several years now. Some of the favorite festival activities started many
years ago and still continue today. These activities include contests for
watermelon eating, seed spitting, hog calling, pie/cake baking, and of
course the "Big Melon." (ADDED: April 28, 2016, JBS)

Tupelo Honey Festival
- Late May, Saturday, from 9 am to 4 pm Lake Alice Park, Wewahitchka,
FL. Under the great mossy oaks of Lake Alice, people come from all over the
world to Wewahitchka, to taste and take home this local rare delicacy.
Home of the country's finest Tupelo Honey, farmers from the area will have
booths of honey in many different sizes and packages, along with food
vendors, art & crafts, and live music right on the banks of mossy Lake
Alice. (ADDED: April 28, 2016, JBS)

Zellwood Sweet Corn Festival - late May - check their website. Gates
open at 11am - 10pm. 4253 W Ponkan Road, Zellwood, FL 32798. Phone:
407-886-0014. Fax: 407-886-0001. (Central Florida). The New Zellwood Sweet
Corn Festival is a combination of outdoor family fun and entertainment. We
have plenty of activities for everyone, young and old. Everyone loves to
watch "BIG BERTHA" at work. She can cook 1,650 ears of corn every 9 minutes,
in 350 gallons of boiling water. While Mom browses through the Arts & Crafts
and the kids enjoy the amusement rides. You can purchase a variety of items
from our concessionaires, and then walk it off while you spend part of your
day browsing and shopping. We have one of the best Arts & Crafts exhibits in
the state. Take home a Festival T-shirt from our Souvenir Shack. Many other
items are available. As you leave for home, drop by the Corn Sales area and
take home some great fresh Zellwood Sweet Corn. Our corn is grown right here
in Zellwood. We will be purchasing our corn from the remaining farm in
Zellwood,
Long & Scott Farms. For those with disabilities there is a handicapped
tent with facilities and assistance for getting to and from the area.
Emergency Medical Services are nearby. Parking is free.

June

Chiefland Watermelon Festival - the first Saturday in June, every
yearChiefland, FL. City Park, Tommy Usher Center. The Parade runs from
high school to CR 345. Watermelons, parade, music, crafts, Watermelon Queen
Contest. Call (352) 493-2330. Alternate phone: (352) 493-1849 for more information. A
one-day festival includes arts and crafts exhibitors, and children's
activities, such as the Greased Pole and the Seed Spitting contests. Free
cold watermelon, donated by local growers, is served by Civitan members and
other volunteers throughout the day. The festival parade is made up of
floats with a watermelon theme, high schools bands, fire engines, and cars
chauffeuring contestants of the Watermelon Festival Queen contest. Local
growers enter their biggest and best melons in the watermelon weighing
contest, conducted in three categories. Following the awards ceremony, the
delicious entries are auctioned off. Their proceeds help pay for festival
expenses. Children's activities are a special part of the festival. The
Little King and Queen Contest, organized by the Chiefland Woman's Club, is
for youngsters between three and five years old. Each year, 20 to 30
pre-school children dress up and parade in front of an auditorium full of
proud relatives and friends. The festival is sponsored by Chiefland
Activities Incorporated, which consists of the Civitans and the Chiefland
Woman's Club.

Northeast Florida Blueberry Festival - Friday and Saturday in
mid/late June Note in 2018 - It looks like this
festival may have closed down - does anyone have any current information?
If so,
please write me, Northeast Florida Fair Grounds, US-1, Callahan, FL 32011.
They have blueberries, blueberry pies, muffins and
pancakes, and they also have entertainment (fiddlers and cloggers), BBQ
beef, pulled pork and fries. There is a children's water slide, face
painters and pony rides. For the adults, there are arts/crafts tents and the
dunking pond. Directions: it is usually held at NE Florida Fairgrounds on
Route 1 (just north of downtown Callahan). (UPDATED:
April 20, 2010, from the news story)

Panhandle Watermelon Festival- Chipley, Florida - Held the last
Saturday in June, from 10 am to 4 pm.Chipley, FL. Big Parade at 10:00
A.M. from Old High School through downtown. Held in the quaint Florida
panhandle town of Chipley, at the Agricultural Center on Jackson Avenue,
Highway 90. Events include: a Big Watermelon Contest, comedy shows and other
surprise guests, a 5000 Meter Run, a Car & Truck Show, Contests for Kids,
Tournament Horseshoe Pitching, Square dancing and Singers. There is also
nightly entertainment at the Northwest Florida Campground, in Chipley games
and plenty of entertainment for the kids. For More Information Contact :
Washington County Ag. Center (850) 638-6180 or email: [email protected].

The Arc Santa Rosa
Blueberry Bash -
June 23, 2018 from 8 am to 2 pm6225 Dixie Road, Milton, FL 32570. Phone: 850-623-9320. Fax:
850-623-2877. Email:
[email protected].
Are you ready for some family fun? Come on out and join us at the 9th Annual
Blueberry Bash! This is one BASH you do not want to miss. Enjoy the day
picking fresh Blueberries and listening to live music while shopping local
Vendors, Arts & Crafts, and having the kids entertained with Children's
activities. Enjoy seeing the hot cars at the Show & Shine Car Show, or
starting your day with the Blueberry Bash 5K Run & Walk. Directions: North 3
miles from Highway 90 on Dogwood Road (89) to the 89/87 intersection. Take
immediate left hand turn around and make U-Turn back to Dixie on right. We
are 3 miles south of NAS Whiting Field. The Arc Santa Rosa Annual
Blueberry Bash is held in mid to late June on a Saturday, from 8:00 am until
2:00 pm. The "Blueberry Bash" promises to be a fun-filled, family orientated
event including local Arts and Crafts vendors, Food, Entertainment and a
variety of Children's Activities. We will also have Blueberry fruit, plants
and a Blueberry Cookbook available for purchase. Payment: Cash, only.
Click here for our Facebook page. Blueberries from late May to early
July. Scuppernongs and Muscadines in early August.. The Event is free and
open to public.

Tropical
Fruit Fiesta - Saturday, late June, from 9 am to 2 PM.
Grimal Grove, 258 Cunningham Lane, Big Pine Key. Nowhere else in the Keys
can you be in one location and learn so much about planting, common problems
and harvesting tropical fruit trees. Many tropical fruit trees you may have
never seen before are located at the grove. Several trees exist nowhere else
in continental United States. The Tropical Fruit Fiesta is all about FUN!
Free admission, family-friendly event had three fun kid's activities:
tropical fruit scavenger hunt, plant-a-piney, and making mango ice cream.
Pine Island Nursery sold the best quality fruit trees. University of Florida
IFAS and Fruit & Spice Park experts were on hand to answer any horticulture
questions. There is food and drink, tropical fruit sampling, a fruit display
and fruit auction. There was plenty of shade under tents and mature shade
and fruit trees. Trees for sale, Expert speakers, Fruit display and
tasting, Plant clinic with UF experts, fun kid's activities, Food, drink,
live music, yoga, Sales vendors, Non-profit groups, Fruit auction and
Educational exhibits. (ADDED: April 28, 2016, JBS)

Florida Key Lime Festival
- late June, or early July every year July 4-7, 2019Multiple locations, Key West,
Florida. Email: [email protected].
The Key Lime Festival: America's favorite citrus celebration! In the Florida
Keys we like to celebrate the things that make our islands unique. Citrus,
eccentrics, people & pie. Our celebrations are fun, odd & unforgettable. Our
people are too. Come on down to the birthplace of Key Lime Pie for a little
taste and you will see what we mean. Love & Limes! 4 days of culinary
events for every taste, including favorites from past years like the Key
Lime Cocktail Sip & Stroll and Key Lime Pie Hop, and new favorites for Key
Lime lovers like The Key Lime Scavenger Hunt and Key Lime Cookbook Signing &
Champagne Reception. We've also added intimate culinary events. Once again,
we expect most of the events to sell out. Check out our 2019 schedule below.
Registration will open soon. (ADDED: January 4, 2018, JBS)

Kumquat Festival
- Mid to late January Dade City, FL. (Central Florida). Phone: (352) 567-3769. Florida's furry
citrus have their own festival with a cook-off, antique car rally and
farmers market. The Kumquat Festival is a day of outdoor community fun with
live music, food booths, shopping and plenty to keep the whole family busy.
The festival unfolds in the heart of historic Dade City and each year it
gets bigger and better! Some festivities include a farmer's market, wagon
rides, antique cars and tractors, tasty kumquat dishes and craft shows. As
many as 40,000 people attend our event every year, with over 350 vendors
participating, filling our historic Downtown core. Here, visitors can enjoy
all kinds of tasty kumquat treats, from kumquat pie to kumquat cookies,
smoothies, ice cream, marmalade, and even kumquat salsa. Come and enjoy the
unique, quaint and family fun of "old Florida" during our Annual Kumquat
FestivalⓇ in historic downtown Dade City - it's one of a kind!!!

August

Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards Annual Harvest Grape Stomp
- Saturday and Sunday in mid August19239 U.S. 27 North,
Clermont, Florida 34715. Phone: 800-768-WINE. $2 Donation to
benefit The Boys & Girls Club. Finally, harvest season has
arrived and it's time for grape stomping competitions! This
event is perfect for a family outing. Listen to continuous live
music the entire weekend by superb local musicians. Lakeridge
wine, beer, soft drinks and a variety of food is available for
purchase, along with complimentary Winery tours and tasting.
Come Join Us: (in 2016: Aug 13, 2016 10:00 am to 05:00 pm and Aug
14, 2016 11:00 am to 05:00 pm).

October

Central
Florida Peanut Festival - the first Saturday
of October each year Heritage Park, Williston, FL
32696. Phone: (352) 528-5552. Email:
[email protected].
This Williston tradition celebrates all things "Nutty". There
will be rides, arts & crafts, live music, information booths,
the Little Peanut royal family, and of course, TONS of peanuts.
Whether you like them boiled, baked, roasted or fried, this is
peanut Mecca. The festival is truly everything peanuts - from
peanut oriented crafts to countless bags of the area's prized
crop to feast on, to the crowning of Little Peanut King and
Queen and Baby Peanut. (ADDED: April 28, 2016, JBS)

November

Jensen
Beach Pineapple Festival - mid NovemberJensen
Beach, FL. One of the largest festival's in the region and one
of the few remaining true street festivals in South Florida.
Growing in popularity over its' 28-year history, the weekend
long festival salutes the community's rich pineapple heritage
and features events for the entire family: world class concerts,
arts, crafts, street performers, local bands and midway rides. A
main component of the Festival is the Bahamian Market. A
delegation from Eleuthera, Bahamas creates an authentic Bahamian
Market featuring island music, crafts and the heart pounding
sounds of Junkanoo. There are several parking lots within
walking distance of the festival located on Jensen Beach
Boulevard, Candice Avenue, Indian River Drive, Pineapple Avenue,
Church Street and the Jensen Beach Causeway. Many local
residents and businesses offer parking on their property for a
small fee. A large public parking lot is located on Indian River
Drive and Pineapple Avenue at Church Street immediately north of
the festival site. Shuttle bus service will be no longer
available. (ADDED: April 28, 2016, JBS)

December

St.
Augustine Distillery Sugar Cane Harvest Festival -
December - call112 Riberia Street, St. Augustine, Florida
32084. Phone: 904-825-4962. During the festival, guests can help
harvest the sugar cane and taste it, as well as tasting spirits
and cocktails made at the distillery and try dishes made by
local restaurants and artisans. Throughout the year,visit the
distillery from Mon-Sat 10am-6pm | Sun 11am-6pm and take a free
tour of our distillery and watch as we mix, mash, cook and
distill small batch vodka, rum, gin and whiskey in a
historically renovated ice manufacturing plant from 1917. You
will learn about the history of ice and distilling in Florida,
see our products being made, and then taste our small batch
spirits for yourself in our tasting room. There's no charge and
tours are every 30 minutes until 5pm. Y'all come on by!

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